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Given that Global Warming threatens the very existence of snow what is the Snow Sports Industry doing now and what could it be doing to operate more sustainably?

Cool video showing how to be a greener snowboarder by travelling to the Alps without using planes or cars.

We use about five million tonnes of rock salt each year, most of which ends up in our lakes and rivers. There are a variety of synthetic de-icers, some more eco-friendly than others.

Tests of eco gear in the Italian alps. Products include Patagonia recycled gloves and base-layer, Arbor's Element 158 board, Green People's organic suncream and Eka Wear's organic cotton hat.

Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in France and western Europe, has grown more than two metres in two years - ironically as a result of global warming, experts have found.